Reconstruction in Indian Territory

Which act of Congress made free land available to anyone who filed a claim, made improvements on the land and lived on the land for a period of at least 5 years

• Pacific Railway Act

• Dawes Allotment Act

• Homestead Act of 1862

• Indian Removal Act

Which act of Congress subsidized the building of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States of America?

• Pacific Railway Act

• Dawes Allotment Act

• Homestead Act of 1862

• Indian Removal Act

Who led US Troops at the Battle of the Washita?

• General James G Blunt

• General Phillip Sheridan

• General Stand Watie

• Lt. Colonel George A. Custer

Which Fort was established in 1869 near present day Lawton and is currently The US Army's top artillery training center.

• Fort Sill

• Fort Gibson

• Fort Supply

• Fort Towson

Select the two tribes of those listed that was forcibly relocated to Indian Territory during the Reconstruction Era (ca. 1865-1880)

• Choctaw

• Apache

• Pawnee

• Seminole

• Nez Perce

What Seminole Chief re-established peace and prosperity in the Seminole Nation during the Reconstruction Era.

• John F. Brown

• John Jumper

• Osceola

• Geronimo

Name 2 Native American schools established in Indian Territory by the US Government to indoctrinate "American Way of Life" among native children in the Reconstruction Era.

• Chilocco

• Riverside

• Sequoyah

• Cherokee

Name the first railroad to be established in present day Oklahoma

• Burlington Northern

• Santa Fe

• Amtrak

• Missouri, Kansas, & Texas (Katy)